Johnross Morgan had been investing in a partner plan for weeks with dreams of starting a business to offer his family “a decent life”. But the very thing that was to be the route to the 29-year-old security guard’s independence cost him his li...

Declaring that it was “now time for action, not only talk”, a leading advocacy group is urging Jamaicans to insist that partisanship not derail the freshly tabled bill to amend the Constitution for the impeachment of parliamentarians. Professor....

It is likely that embattled Westmoreland Central Member of Parliament George Wright will be paid during his two-month absence from the House of Representatives due to “unforeseen circumstances” requiring his immediate attention. This was reveale...

A central Jamaica teacher was fleeced of $30,000 by crooks behind a virtual store she found via social media in her quest to buy a phone. Wendy Moore* is using her unfortunate experience to warn others of the scam that has left her embarrassed. “I...

Caribbean people have been warned to guard against becoming victims of advance fee fraud and Ponzi schemes amid an increase in electronic commerce during the coronavirus pandemic. Displacement caused by COVID-19 has increased reliance on online...

Tensions are high again in sections of southeastern Clarendon following the firebombing of a house on Hibiscus Way in Lionel Town early Monday morning. Reports are that the occupants of the house were awakened by explosions around 3:30 a.m. and...

Former legislator and diplomat Anthony Johnson died yesterday at the age of 82. News of the passing of the former member of parliament (MP) and senator emerged as the House of Representatives sat yesterday. Former Government Minister Derrick Smith.....

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaican teachers who fraudulently mark up students’ School-Based Assessment (SBA) coursework have been condemned for undermining the integrity of the education system and robbing children of valuable experience needed for...

Chief Parish Judge Chester Crooks on Wednesday refused a request from popular actor and director Garfield ‘Bad Boy Trevor’ Reid for time to pay a fine of $130,000 after the actor lied to the court. The 50-year-old actor appeared in the Kingston...

The St Andrew businessman Delton Knight, who allegedly shot and killed his son at their business place on the Gordon Town main road earlier this month, will know on Friday if he will be offered bail in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court. The.....

The Government’s principal legal officer has signalled that many practices in the public service were not in keeping with the law and that they placed the State in a position where it was almost impossible to mount successful court challenges. In....

“Something is not right with the programme!” That was the assertion made by Labour and Social Security Minister Karl Samuda Tuesday afternoon as he insisted that the popular farm work programme is to be ploughed and relaid. Disclosing in his.....

Jamaica could be the beneficiary of one million doses of COVID-19 vaccine if the Biden-Harris administration accedes to an impassioned request of prominent expatriates and others lobbying the White House on what they describe as “the most...

A Clarendon councillor has urged residents of York Town to reveal what they know about the killing of a man on Monday evening. The body of 28-year-old Shawn Williams, of Montego Bay in St James, was found in an open lot in Howells Content in the...

BUFF BAY, Portland: The Government is spending $41 million to construct a seawall along the coastline of Buff Bay, Portland, in an attempt to halt erosion along that corridor. The construction, which is nearing completion, will not only preserve......

An additional $100 million is being allocated through the Ministry of Labour and Social Security to ease the pressures vulnerable families are feeling because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Portfolio Minister Karl Samuda said that members of...

A local attorney has successfully defended a lawsuit brought against him by his sister, an American citizen, who had sued him claiming his negligence had resulted in her not being willed a Gilmour Drive property in St Andrew by their mother. The...

One of Jamaica’s most treasured music institutions, Alpha Institute, has opened a state-of-the-art facility with the goal of training 120 students in performance and technology in the next four years. The Digicel Foundation sponsored the...

A senior opposition lawmaker has tabled a motion which, if accepted and introduced as policy by the Government, could offer reprieve for legitimate customers of the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) who have to share the burden of electricity...

A week after a former Minneapolis cop was convicted of murdering George Floyd, the International Commission of Inquiry on Systemic Racist Police Violence Against People of African Descent has called for the defunding and demilitarisation of law...